Welcome Joy!
Fast-5 is a game changer for sure. I read your blog and I liked what you said about whether you do Fast-5 or not, a year will still pass so you might as well just keep doing it. Slow and steady wins the race. Though many people here have lost incredible amounts of weight in a very short time by combining "diets" with Fast-5. But it's great to know that by just eating during your window in moderate amounts, you can easily maintain modest weight loss until you get to where you want
to be.
I saw in your blog that you had listed several of the diets you had tried. I assumed that it wasn't a comprehensive list, but I wondered if you had tried changing the macronutrient content of the foods you are eating? You would still be able to eat what you want, but maybe eat more protein and less starch. Maybe have more chicken and less pasta. The reason I ask is because weight loss in Fast-5 was very slow for me for a while until I adjusted the percentage of macronutrients I was taking in. I now eat more protein and fat and less starchy carbs and weight loss has really become fast and easy.
-Rick
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Joy Ledingham <joy2garden@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all! Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Joy. I'm 53, happily
> married, mom of two daughters 20 and 18, and soon facing an empty nest when my
> youngest goes to college next month. I'm now into my 5th week doing Fast-5, and
> am down 4 1/2 pounds at the end of 4 weeks.
>
> I have about 70 to 80 pounds to lose depending on what my body determines is a
> healthy biological weight. I quit dieting forever in August of 2006, and have
> been working hard to recover my inner normal-eater and have lost about 10 pounds
> naturally through intuitive eating. Even though I'm still committed to a
> non-diet approach to weight loss, my weight has been at a standstill for over
> two years. Being 75+ pounds overweight is unhealthy and unacceptable to me, and
> I've been searching for a way to decrease my calories while being true to a
> non-diet approach. I found a great tool called Abstinence through Overeaters
> Anonymous reading materials. So helpful! And even though I don't go to their
> meetings and don't necessarily agree with their "powerlessness" ideas, I found
> much good there that I do agree with. I don't believe I'm an "addict", but I
> came to realize that I do have some negative behavioural habits and tendencies
> that need to be changed in order to be set free from this prison of fat I live
> in. O.A. opened my mind to acceptance that I needed some kind of "food plan",
> and so with help from my Higher Power I began my search.
>
> Long story short, I found the Fast-5 site and Dr. Herring's e-book. If the book
> hadn't been offered for free, I never would have even considered intermittent
> fasting as an option. Intially, the idea sounded too "diet-y", but after reading
> the book....I was excited! This I could DO and still be true to my non-diet
> beliefs. I jumped in the very next day on June 25, and never looked back.
>
> After a month, I'm now tweaking my plan, and I believe that intermittent fasting
> is something I'd like to do for the rest of my life.
>
> Thanks for reading,
>
> Joy
>
> Visit my blog:
> Joy's Non-Diet Fast-5 Journey
>
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